A day after Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hinted that she would be the party’s chief ministerial face for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, she withdrew her statement and said her remarks were “irritable”. When asked who the Congress is projecting as its CM face, Gandhi had on Friday replied, “Do you see any other face from the Congress party.”
On Saturday, Gandhi said, ‘There is no hesitation on the CM’s face. I am not saying that I am the CM face (of Congress in Uttar Pradesh elections). I said (you can see my face everywhere) jealously because you were all asking the same question over and over again. ,
Taking a jibe at UP CM Yogi Adityanath, he questioned the BJP and said, “The truth is that in this country including UP, there are some friends of the government and big businessmen who are getting benefited, the rest are in a lot of pain.” Why are we not talking about the percentage of unemployed in UP? Why are we not talking about the budget that the government is spending on education? Why are we addressing questions that have nothing to do with UP’s progress?
The Gandhi brothers and sisters released a youth manifesto for Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections. She also avoided the question whether she would contest the assembly elections starting next month. He had said that the party is ready for a post-poll alliance if needed.
“You are seeing my face everywhere,” the Congress leader said while addressing a joint press conference with his brother and former party president Rahul Gandhi to release the ‘Bharati Vidhana’ (recruitment document) manifesto. and creation of 20 lakh jobs including eight lakh for women. To a question whether she herself would contest the assembly polls, Priyanka Gandhi said, “We have not decided yet.” He said that it will be known only after it is decided.
So far, the Congress has been calling for a collective leadership in an electoral state, where the BJP will contest with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the fore, while former CM Akhilesh Yadav will lead the Samajwadi Party’s campaign.
The Congress under the leadership of Priyanka Gandhi is trying to fight a strong battle in Uttar Pradesh by reaching out to women and youth, who constitute a significant part of the state’s population.
The Congress on Friday launched ‘Bharti Vidhan’, the party’s youth manifesto for Uttar Pradesh, saying the vision document focuses on providing employment to the youth of the state.
The manifesto, promising 20 lakh jobs, including 9 lakh jobs for women, was released by Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
The Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh said the party would definitely consider supporting other parties to form the government and was ready to support them if the situation arises after the elections. However, he added that the Congress would continue to implement its vision for the youth, especially women, by prioritizing any such support for government formation in UP. “We would be open to considering that. If such a situation arises, we certainly want our agenda for youth and women to be fulfilled, if we were going to be part of any such government,” To a question, he asked whether the Congress would support other parties in forming the government. ,
The party has pledged to fill a “massive backlog” of jobs in the public sector and has promised 20 lakh jobs, including eight lakh for women, in its manifesto for the youth. The campaign in Uttar Pradesh is very negative and centered around caste and religion, Priyanka Gandhi said, adding that the Congress is moving away from it to present a development-oriented roadmap. Addressing the gathering, Rahul Gandhi stressed that the country needs a new vision and that his documents are not “hollow words”, but have been prepared after consultation with the youth. whose thoughts are reflected in it.
“There are elections in UP and the youth there needs a new vision and only the Congress party can give that vision to the state,” the former Congress chief said. “We don’t spread hatred, we work to unite people and we want to build a new Uttar Pradesh inspired by the strength and faith of the youth in the state,” he said. According to Rahul Gandhi, the Congress party wants to go beyond mere rhetoric and provide a strategy to provide employment to the youth of Uttar Pradesh.
He said that the biggest problem in the state is recruitment and youth are disappointed. The party is going to the polls with a focus on youth and women and has announced that it will reserve 40 per cent tickets for women in Uttar Pradesh. Voting for the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly is to be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
(with inputs from agencies)
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